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Taylor Swift suspect charged in Trump golf course damage

FILE - This May 24, 2017, file photo, shows a general view of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The man charged with breaking into singer Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island mansion is accused of causing more than $20,000 damage to President Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf course. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)The Associated Press

FILE - In this July 12, 2017, file photo, Sandra Gal, of Germany, hits out of a trap on the 16th hole during a practice round for the U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The man charged with breaking into singer Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island mansion is accused of causing more than $20,000 damage to President Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf course. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)The Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2013, file photo, people walk past a house owned by Taylor Swift in the village of Watch Hill in Westerly, R.I. The man charged with breaking into singer Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island mansion is accused of causing more than $20,000 damage to President Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf course. (AP Photo/Dave Collins, File)The Associated Press

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — The man charged with breaking into singer Taylor Swift's Rhode Island mansion is accused of causing more than $20,000 damage to President Donald Trump's New Jersey golf course.

The Somerset County prosecutor says an employee at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster observed a spinning vehicle "doing donuts" on the 11th hole on Sept. 3. A vehicle was spotted again on Sept. 8 making circular patterns on the 13th hole.

A partial license plate number led police Tuesday to charge 26-year-old Richard McEwan of Milford with criminal mischief.

McEwan was not wearing shoes when he was arrested in Swift's beachfront mansion last month.

Police said he told them he was taught to take his shoes off when entering someone's home to be polite.